Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about East Cape Girardeau (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for East Cape Girardeau. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for East Cape Girardeau ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Cape Girardeau: E. Cape Girardeau
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
East Cape Girardeau is located in Alexander County.
To see how the shape of Illinois' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Alexander County: Pulaski, Union, Ballard (KY), Cape Girardeau (MO), Mississippi (MO) & Scott (MO).
Below are the counties that are near East Cape Girardeau. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Cape Girardeau:
- Alexander County (The home county of East Cape Girardeau)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Cape Girardeau, with the one closest to East Cape Girardeau listed first.
- McClure
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thebes
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Diswood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Diswood is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diswood
- Olive Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Tamms
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Miller City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hodges Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Unity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cache
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Cairo Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo Junction is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Future City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Future City is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Cape Girardeau, with the one closest to East Cape Girardeau listed first.
- Grand Tower
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pomona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Makanda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gorham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Cape Girardeau, with the one closest to East Cape Girardeau listed first.
- Cypress
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Belknap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Buncombe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Cape Girardeau, with the one closest to East Cape Girardeau listed first.
- Pulaski
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ullin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Villa Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Mounds
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Perks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Olmsted
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mound City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Chain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- New Grand Chain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- New Grand Chain is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Grand Chain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Karnak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Cape Girardeau, with the one closest to East Cape Girardeau listed first.
- Reynoldsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Reynoldsville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Mill Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mill Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Wolf Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dutch Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dutch Mills is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Mills
- Jonesboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Anna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dongola
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cobden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alto Pass
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Water Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Water Valley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Mount Pleasant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Lick Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lick Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
- Ballard County (KY)
- Barlow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barlow is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Bollinger County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Cape Girardeau, with the one closest to East Cape Girardeau listed first.
- Laflin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Laflin is located in Bollinger County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Leopold
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Leopold is located in Bollinger County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopold
- Seopus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Sedgewickville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Lutesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lutesville is located in Bollinger County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutesville
- Marble Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Glenallen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Glenallen is located in Bollinger County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Cape Girardeau, with the one closest to East Cape Girardeau listed first.
- Cape Girardeau
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dutchtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Jackson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,699 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <1>
- Gordonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Leemon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Delta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Delta is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <1>
- Allenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Pocahontas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cliff ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Whitewater
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Whitewater is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Randles
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
- Burfordville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Crump
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Mississippi County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Cape Girardeau, with the one closest to East Cape Girardeau listed first.
- Bertrand
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Charleston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Charleston is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
- Greenfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Wyatt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wyatt is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Wilson City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson City is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- New Madrid County (MO)
- Sikeston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Perry County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Cape Girardeau, with the one closest to East Cape Girardeau listed first.
- Altenburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Frohna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Frohna is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frohna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Uniontown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Brazeau
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Biehle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Biehle is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Eureka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Farrar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Farrar is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
- Longtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Longtown is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Scott County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Cape Girardeau, with the one closest to East Cape Girardeau listed first.
- Scott City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kelso
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Commerce
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chaffee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Hamburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Benton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lambert
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lambert is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
- Caney Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Oran
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oran is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oran <1>
- Morley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Morley is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Blodgett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Haywood City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Haywood City is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Perkins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- Stoddard County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Cape Girardeau, with the one closest to East Cape Girardeau listed first.
- Painton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Painton is located in Stoddard County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
- Advance
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bell City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Tillman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tillman is located in Stoddard County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- Brownwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brownwood is located in Stoddard County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Cape Girardeau, see our County-by-County Page for East Cape Girardeau.
Cemeteries Near East Cape Girardeau ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Cape Girardeau.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for East Cape Girardeau - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Cape Girardeau covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Cape Girardeau, with the one closest to East Cape Girardeau listed first.
- Grays Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairmont Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Lorimier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hobbs Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Westerwell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bonhardt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Garner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hobbs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hutchison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Hanover Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Auburn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (359 more) ...
- Nunn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Minton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that East Cape Girardeau had a population of 50 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, East Cape Girardeau had a population of 268 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Cape Girardeau, with the one closest to East Cape Girardeau listed first.
- McClure
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cape Girardeau
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Thebes
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Kelso
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Egypt Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Egypt Mills is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Mills
- Dutchtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Commerce
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oriole
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oriole is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole
- Jackson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,699 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <1>
- Olive Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ware
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ware is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Leemon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Elco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- New Hamburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Sandusky
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sandusky is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Cape Girardeau. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Cape Girardeau.
Newspapers Published in East Cape Girardeau ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 126 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Cape Girardeau.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Cape Girardeau, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Cape Girardeau.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to East Cape Girardeau:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Alexander County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jackson County
- Johnson County
- Pulaski County
- Union County
- Ballard County
- Bollinger County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Mississippi County
- New Madrid County
- Perry County
- Scott County
- Stoddard County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about East Cape Girardeau, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Cape Girardeau) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |